Hospitals

Ontario's hospitals provide round-the-clock care to patients, including emergency and surgical as well as specialized chronic care and rehabilitation. Hospitals work with other parts of the health care system to provide coordinated care to patients.

Ontario has three different hospital types::

Public hospitals

Private hospitals

Specialty psychiatric hospitals.

These hospitals are governed by legislation and directives such as:

Public Hospitals Act (and its regulations) provides the framework within which public hospitals operate

Private Hospitals under the Private Hospitals Act

Psychiatric Hospital under the Mental Health Act

Healing Arts Radiation Protection Act

Hospital Naming Directive

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is committed to maintaining transparency in the delivery of health services, and to preserving the public’s confidence in the health care system.

The Hospital Naming Directive outlines the process a hospital would follow to obtain Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care approval prior to changing or adopting a new name. This is to ensure that the names used by hospitals reflect their role as publicly-supported organizations.